Mop head and mop



May 1, 1.945. H. scHFFHAUsE-R 2,374,782

MOP HEAD AND MOP Filed July 2, 194;

7 7 eny un mm1/3 ATTOR N EYS Patented May l, 1945 UNITED STi'lESy PATENT OFFICE.

2,374,782 Y. Mor Heap AND Mor Hilda Schaffhausen Chicago, In, Application July 2, 1943, Serial No. 493,269'

a claims. (o1. 15-244) l My invention relates to improvements in mop heads and mops.

The object of the invention is to provide a mop head designed to removably and rigidly secure a specially constructed sponge rubber mop with additional attaching means, whereby the same is more securely held in the head; and; at the same time, provides means to allow for the ready insertion and removal of the mop.

Another object of the invention is to provide a mop which can be readily constructed of sheet sponge rubber and to provide a simple and effective mop and head having certain details of structure and combination of parts hereinafter more fully described.

In the accompanying drawing,

Figure 1 is a top plan view of my improved mop head and mop; l

Figure 2 is a side elevation of Figure 1;` 'l

Figure 3 is a bottom plan view;

Figure 4 is a transverse sectional view, taken on the line 4-4 of Figure 1;

Figure 5 is a top plan view of the mop in its unfolded position;

Figure 6 is a sectional View, taken on the line 6-6 of Figure 5;

Figure 7 is a transverse sectional view at right,

angles to Figure 6, and taken on the line '1 -1 of Figure. 5.

Referring now to the drawing, I represents the stationary jaw of my improved mop head, having at its upper end the obliquely arranged socket 2, adapted to receive the handle of the mop. The stationary jaw I, spaced from its youter end, is provided with inwardly extending spaced ears 3. The movable, or pivoted jaw 4, is provided with spaced ears 5 adapted to hold or overlap the ears 3, and passing through the ears of both jaws is a pivot pin 6. Surrounding the pin 6 is a double coil spring 1, havmg 1ts loop portion 8 engaging the stationary jaw I, while the free ends thereof 9 engage the inner face of the movable jaw 4. B y this arrangement, it will be seen that the outer free ends I0 and II of the stationary and movable jaws are forced together. The stationary jaw I, at its upper endbeyond the movable jaw, is provided with the hooks IZand I3, which are for a purpose hereinafter described.

The mop I4 is preferably made of sheet sponge rubber; and, as shown in Figure 5, is of oblong form. In use, the mop is folded longitudinally, midway its side edges, and clamped between the spring pressed movable.

having ears pivoted outer ends I0 and I I of the stationary and pivoted jaws, as clearly shown in Figure 4 of` the drawing. In order to provide additional means for holding the mop in the head, an elastic strap I5 is laced through the mop on its fold line and has a central elongated loop portion I6. Passing through the mop, ,midway its ends, is an elastic band Il, which extends at rightangles to the elastic strap I5, as clearly shown in Figures 5 and 6 of the drawing.

With the mop constructed, as shown in Figure 5 of the drawing, and folded and clamped by the jaws, as shown in Figure 4 of the drawing, a rod I8 is threaded through the loop I6 and the elastic band I1 and bears against the ears 5 of the pivoted jaws, as clearly shown in Figure 2 of the drawing. The loop portions I9 and 20, of the lacing of the elastic strap, are hooked over the hooks I2 and I3, carried Aby the stationary jaw I, as c learly shown in Figure 1 of the drawing. y

By the-construction shown,v it will be readily seen thatvthe sponge'rubber mop is rigidly held against adjacent its and the upper loop portion held by the elastic strap and elastic band, thus insuring that the free ends of the mop are maintained in proper alinement with each other. Having thus described my invention, claim is- 1. A mop head and mop, comprising a stationary jaw having a handle receiving socket, a

jaw carried by said stationary jaw, a sheet sponge rubber mop folded at its mid-portion and clamped between the jaws, hooks carried bythe stationary jaw at opposite ends thereof, and an elastic member laced in the fold portion of the mop and extending over said hooks. I

2. A mop head and mop, comprisinga stationary jaw having a handle receiving socket and provided with ears, a spring'pressed movable jaw to said first ears, hooks carried by the upper end of the stationary jaw, a. sponge rubber mop folded at its mid-portion and :clamped between the jaws, an elastic member laced in the fold portion of the mop and provided with loops extending over the hooks, a band at the center of the mop, and a rod extending what I through the band and through a central loopr portion of the elastic member and resting lupon the ears.

HILDA SCHAFFI-IAUSER.

lower edges by the jaws 

